Neville Goddard on John 17:11-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 17 in context

Scripture Focus

11And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

13And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

18As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

John 17:11-19

Biblical Context

Jesus prays for his disciples, asking the Father to keep them in His name so they may be one, like the Father and Son. He emphasizes that they are in the world but not of it, sanctified by truth and sent into the world with a divine mission.

Neville's Inner Vision

I tell you, John 17:11-19 is a map of consciousness. The Father's name is your central identity—when you rest there, you are kept, and your oneness with God becomes your reality. The world appears, but you do not belong to it; you are sanctified by the truth you hold. Sanctification is not a ceremony but a revision of belief: you replace the sense of separation with the knowing that I and the Father are one. Not of the world means you operate from the I AM while still walking among appearances, and you feel the joy that flows from that alignment. Keep your inner state intact and your outer activity becomes a living witness to that inner law. The world may resist, but your mission remains: you are sent into the world to reveal the truth of unity through your settled consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state of unity with the I AM for five minutes, feeling the joy Jesus mentions; revise any doubt by repeating 'thy word is truth' until you feel the world bow to your inner seal.